Information Technology

Information technology is the technology of computers, telecommunications, and other devices that integrate data, equipment, personnel, and problem-solving methods in planning and controlling business activities. Information technology provides the means for collecting, storing, encoding, processing, analyzing, transmitting, receiving, and printing text, audio, or video information.

A term that encompasses all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange and use information in its various forms (data, voice conversations, still images, motion pictures, multimedia and other forms, including those not yet conceived).

An Information technology architecture is an integrated framework for acquiring and evolving IT to achieve strategic goals. It has both logical and technical components. Logical components include mission, functional and information requirements, system configurations, and information flows. Technical components include IT standards and rules that will be used to implement the logical architecture.

Presumably, when speaking of Information Technology (IT) as a whole, it is noted that the use of computers and information are associated.

Objectives of IT:

The objectives underlying effective management are:

- information is a vital business asset that must be managed and, where appropriate, shared to maximize investments;

- information and technology are key components in delivering cost-effective services to the public;

- information and technology have the potential, when planned and managed properly, to improve productivity and reduce costs to the business;

- the management and business principles applied to other business resources should be applied to information and technology resources;

- the government is to play a major role in supplying services for the development and support of information technology.

Advantages of IT:

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